We’re flying into fall with new episodes for two weeks in a row! Scholar and author Julia Lovell is in conversation with host Lijia Zhang about her role as chief [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #102: A Conversation with Yun-Ching Ko about the Taiwan Innocence Project
Happy end of summer! We’re continuing our Taiwan series with Yun-Ching Ko, campaign director for the Taiwan Innocence Project (TIP), the only NGO in Taiwan that’s committed to exonerating the [ … ]
LONDON EVENT: Ian Johnson in Conversation with Zhang Lijia on ‘Sparks’
Join us for an evening with author of Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future, Ian Johnson, who will be discussing his latest book with NüVoices board member Zhang Lijia.
NüVoices Podcast #101: Adapting YA bestseller ‘Loveboat, Taipei’ to the big screen with Abigail Hing Wen
Author Abigail Hing Wen joins NüVoices to discuss her NYT best selling YA novel, Loveboat, Taipei and its film adaptation Love in Taipei, based on the summer study tour that started more than half [ … ]
A Chinese drama is sparking debates about sexual harassment and victim-blaming culture
BY LIJIA ZHANG A star-studded Chinese TV drama delving into workplace sexual harassment titled Imperfect Victim recently ended, but the debate it triggered rages on. The show, which ran to 29 45-minute episodes, centres [ … ]
Our 100th Podcast Episode Special! Remembering Coco Lee, Janet Yellen’s Visit to China, and More
This week, we’ve reached the 100th episode of the NüVoices podcast! To celebrate, we’ve brought together hosts Megan Cattel, Solarina Ho, and Sophia Yan for a panel discussion with a [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #99: Introducing our Taiwan Mini-Series, Yu-Jie Chen on China-Taiwan relations
For the next half year leading up to the elections in Taiwan, we will be bringing you a mini-series focusing entirely on the island, from domestic politics to its relationship [ … ]
How China’s leaders changed the history of the War of Resistance to bolster Party prestige
BY EMILY MATSON On July 7, 1937, a skirmish broke out between Chinese and Japanese troops stationed on the outskirts of Wanping, a village southwest of Beijing, that subsequently became [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #97: Highlighting human-centric China stories with Ye Charlotte Ming and Beimeng Fu
This week, NüVoices co-host and editor of the podcast, Megan Cattel speaks to Ye Charlotte Ming and Beimeng Fu, two founders of the Far & Near Substack newsletter. Far & Near [ … ]
Writer-director Shen Yu’s debut “Old Town Girls” captures the hopes and despairs of China’s youth
BY ANNABELLE JARRETT It doesn’t matter if our wishes sink… Shen Yu’s debut feature The Old Town Girls is a dark and dramatic story that highlights the frailty of youth [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #96: A Conversation with Crystal Tai about Chinese digital nomads
Chinese millennials are fed up with the 996 grind (working from 9 AM until 9 PM, 6 days a week) and are going remote. Office workers across the country are [ … ]
NüProfile: Ysabelle Cheung on poetry, diaspora and writing from the margins
BY MEGAN CATTEL Poetry is very hit or miss for me (as a prose writer.) Sometimes the words roll right past me, and sometimes they leap off the page and [ … ]
Event Recap: Not even an incoming blizzard stopped the launch of NüVoices Canada
BY SOLARINA HO Nothing like a quintessential blast of Canadian weather – complete with a rare winter lightning show (a.k.a. “thundersnow“) over Lake Ontario followed by a blizzard – to [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #95: Jan Wong on her Legendary Journalism Career
This week, NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu speaks to Canadian journalist and author Jan Wong. Jan was one of very few foreigners able to travel to China during the [ … ]
NüVoices Book Picks for Asian Heritage Month
Happy Asian Heritage Month! To celebrate, NüVoices is partnering with leading indie publisher House of Anansi to recommend some very good books by authors of Asian heritage. 10% of Anansi’s [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #94: A Conversation with Yaxue Cao, founder of ChinaChange.org
This week, Yaxue Cao, the founder and editor of ChinaChange.org, joins the NüVoices podcast. ChinaChange.org is an English-language website devoted to news and commentary related to civil society, rule of law, and [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #93: What the West Gets Wrong about TikTok with Zeyi Yang
Today, we have a special guest on the podcast (and a worthy NüVoices ally) MIT Tech Review reporter, Zeyi Yang! Together with co-hosts Megan Cattel and Solarina Ho, Zeyi talks [ … ]
RECAP: Community Reading in NYC with Accent Society
This recap was written by Megan Cattel “New York ACTUALLY HAS 12 SEASONS” is a meme that has only gotten more popular with age. Seasons do not gracefully transition in [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #92: The World of Chinese Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Translation with Emily Xueni Jin
This week, host Megan Cattel speaks to essayist and science fiction translator, Emily Xueni Jin, on the art of translation and the rise of Chinese science fiction. During the course [ … ]